Earlier this month, French dairy giant Danone issued a profit warning for 2012, reducing its operating margin target to account for the collapse of
dairy product consumption in Spain and other Southern European markets.
According to FrieslandCampina, over the past five
years dairy product consumption in Romania has decreased by more than 6 % annually, forcing the company to operate under capacity at all its plants.
High dietary calcium intake, usually associated
with dairy product consumption, has been inversely related to body weight and central obesity in a number of cross-sectional studies (reviewed in 87).
The two new systematic literature reviews also describe recently published results from several mother and child cohort studies linking organic milk and
dairy product consumption to a reduced risk of certain diseases.
If 400 mg of magnesium citrate isn't helping, you may want to cut back on
your dairy product consumption to rebalance your calcium intake to your magnesium intake, drink lots more water or cut back on the amount of nuts you are eating.